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is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such damage and moral to the people. democrat ed rendell and republican michael steele. gentlemen, i want to start with you, michael, because i know you will disagree with me and that's what this is about. i read a lot of good reporting today, not analysis, but good reporting from your side of the aisle, further right than you i believe, that says, great, let's have sequestration. let's short the pentagon. let's cut $85 billion out of the hide of the economy. let's remove hope from the country, maybe risk a second dip because it all helps the republican party and the ideology of lower government, less g
is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such...
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tom, i'm going to start with you, can you explain the john boehner message? and does he really want to find a solution here or does he have to appease conservatives? >> first, you got to do both. you got to appease the conservatives first. the cr wasn't a good fight. >> continuing resolution. >> right. >> got to speak a little english. >> they lose to fight. this is their best fight. and they got to show their base they're willing to follow through. i think they'll follow quickly with an appropriation bill for the rest of the year in a defense that will supplant this. >> all right. does president obama and the senate democrats, senator brone, need to pass something? do they just continue to try to do public opinion? >> here we are at another cliff in washington, d.c. we have more in washington, d.c., than in the grand canyon. i think the democrats and the senate will pass a bill but they're not going to get 60 votes so it can't pass a full senate. republicans will offer an alternative and that's not going to pass. if that happens, i think you're looking at th
tom, i'm going to start with you, can you explain the john boehner message? and does he really want to find a solution here or does he have to appease conservatives? >> first, you got to do both. you got to appease the conservatives first. the cr wasn't a good fight. >> continuing resolution. >> right. >> got to speak a little english. >> they lose to fight. this is their best fight. and they got to show their base they're willing to follow through. i think they'll...
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john boehner really wanted to lay the sequester at the feet of the president, the obamaquester, they want you to call it. it might have worked if it were true. the daily beast uncovered this power point slide from a year and a half ago, using it to try to sell republicans on the sequester deal. this power point presentation boasting about all the ways that sequestration was good for republicans, and how they, republicans should vote for it because there was a lot to like, because it look, sets up a new sequestration process to cut spending across the board. we like that. vote for that. maybe we should call it the boehnerquester, the quester of the house? maybe the p-90x quester. at the same time boehner was giving his power point presentation telling republicans they had to go along with it, paul ryan was bragging to fox news that this was a win for republicans and conservatives. >> what conservatives like me have been fighting for for years are statutory caps on spending. legal caps in the law that says government agencies cannot spend over a set amount of money. and if they breach
john boehner really wanted to lay the sequester at the feet of the president, the obamaquester, they want you to call it. it might have worked if it were true. the daily beast uncovered this power point slide from a year and a half ago, using it to try to sell republicans on the sequester deal. this power point presentation boasting about all the ways that sequestration was good for republicans, and how they, republicans should vote for it because there was a lot to like, because it look, sets...
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>> i can believe that he proposed it and that john boehner proposed it. those are not mutually exclusive explanations. so i could believe that both sides proposed it. >> reporter: i think the point here is there are circumstantial evidence supporting the notion both the president and members of congress crafted this now notorious law. where does the truth lie? it can't be all one or all the other. we know, as professor henderson said, all parties had to sign off on it. that is where the debate ends. boehner and rubio's statement is flat wrong. i'm sam brock and that is today's "reality check. ">>>thank you, sam. new details on the oscar pistorius case. new heated testimony in day two of the bail hearing to determine if he'll be let out. a detective said he could mispi question. he said he accidentally shot his girlfriend thinking she was an intruder. the prosecution insists the murder was premeditated and says that a neighbor heard the couple arguing loudly that night. pistorius' family maintains his innocence. >> i mean, this is it. he's not a violent pe
>> i can believe that he proposed it and that john boehner proposed it. those are not mutually exclusive explanations. so i could believe that both sides proposed it. >> reporter: i think the point here is there are circumstantial evidence supporting the notion both the president and members of congress crafted this now notorious law. where does the truth lie? it can't be all one or all the other. we know, as professor henderson said, all parties had to sign off on it. that is where...
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john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense. >>> a new economic report warns these cuts could cause 700,000 workers to lose their jobs this year alone. >>> the pentagon today passed a plan to furlough 8,000 workers if the cuts take effect. it's shameful. and the president is fighting that. today, he gave interviews to 8 different tv shows around the country, demand gd the gop stop these spending cuts, and, instead, close loopholes for the rich. >> instead of us cutting education, mental health programs and a whole range of other things that are really important, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste in go
john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense....
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none other than our first speaker, john boehner. tell me, isn't this the best argument they have? is that all they have? >> yeah. they're playing the same kind of games that they have been playing for the last two years. >> we don't have youtube, we don't have libraries, news information libraries we can get the things that they have said. >> they don't care. they don't care what the liberal media says. >> i'm not talking about liberal media -- >> they're playing to their base. >> i'm talking about things by the speaker. >> here's the problem, martin. their base doesn't care because all of these members of been elected in districts, you know, with 55%, 60% of the vote. they are impervious to facts. they are impervious to reason. they may even be impervious to public opinion. and that's what we're going to finding out this spring, if the people in their districts start to go crazy when these cuts kick in. if they don't, it's going to be very problematic for democrats because then a lot of people in those districts might say, see, we can handle these cuts. so we're into uncharted te
none other than our first speaker, john boehner. tell me, isn't this the best argument they have? is that all they have? >> yeah. they're playing the same kind of games that they have been playing for the last two years. >> we don't have youtube, we don't have libraries, news information libraries we can get the things that they have said. >> they don't care. they don't care what the liberal media says. >> i'm not talking about liberal media -- >> they're playing...
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when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap? >> depends who you ask. i know both sides derive political benefit from where this is headed. this might be with regard to the economy and not both sides being able to go back to constituencies and say truthfully here's where i stood and it happened nevertheless. it benefits the republicans because their mantra is one of we are not going along with spending cuts without tax increases and we can't have tax increases on top of the 600 billion we went along with. the president made a pitch to independence by saying the word compromise. i'm for doing this in
when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap?...
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he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned that in '94 during the government shutdown, they are going to learn it again this time. >> president obama was just reelected. there's a sense america believes he wants to be reasonable in all of this, and, you know, i talk about the great reasonableness tour of 2012. he spent a lot of time trying to prove himself as someone who wants to negotiate. >> right. it's interesting, because it's similar and it's different to when this fight began. it's helpful to remind people this began in 2011 when there was a serious crisis. literally, on august 3rd the estimate was we were going to default on our debt and the
he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned...
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. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. >> joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. let's dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with nine days out on the quester. interesting with the piece out by john boehner, carney has tweeted out, speaker boehner is rewriting history in the op-ed for getting he said i got 98% of what i wanted when he and 173 house rs voted for the sequester. a
. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is...
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. >> the fingerpointing hasn't stopped and john boehner wrote an op-ed as the president's outrage about the sequester grows the republicans have a simple response, mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? and felicia, revenue obviously sounds like it's off the table. that's what republicans have been saying all along. are democrats going to hold out thinking, we've got it last time, let's try again? >> i think it's interesting when the white house has been asked about this, they decline to say what type of balanced deal they would like to see on what specific ratio. i think the sign that's we're getting from all sides right now, they are not going to be able to come to a table and get to some kind of agreement. the fact on both sides they are still trying to attribute the blame for whose fault the sequester actually is is not a good sign in these talks. i think more interesting though, when you look at the change that's happened on the republican side since last year. around this time last year, you had many congressi
. >> the fingerpointing hasn't stopped and john boehner wrote an op-ed as the president's outrage about the sequester grows the republicans have a simple response, mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? and felicia, revenue obviously sounds like it's off the table. that's what republicans have been saying all along. are democrats going to hold out thinking, we've got it last time, let's try again? >> i think...
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house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been making for a year. his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell insisted "more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense, bipartisan action." and joining us now for more on this from washington, the former chief economist of the international monetary fund and bloomberg view columnist, simon johnson. he's the co-author of "white house burning: our national debt and why it matters to you," now out in paperback. simon, good to see you this morning. >> nice to be with you. >> simon, if you could help us through this over the next week or so, it doesn't look like there's a path to avoiding the sequestration if you listen to the two sides. so how damaging would this be? because we've heard a couple different versions of it that would have immediate impacts, more than 750,000 jobs lost perhaps. others say it won't be that bad. what's your view? >> i think it's going to be bad. we're
house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been making for a year. his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell insisted "more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense, bipartisan action." and joining us now for more on this from washington, the former chief economist of the international monetary fund and bloomberg view...
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house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored by the administration and congressional members. this latest proposal would save $600 billion in changes in health care programs and tax reform. on top of that $1.2 trillion would come on cutting down discretionary spending. allen simpson said that it represents a badly needed reality check for our nation. >> before you begin drool at the mouth, read the report. use your bean instead of listening to crap from the left and right. he will have a failed presidency unless he deals with the social security sovereignty. >>> after a white house plan for immigration reform leaked over the weekend, presi
house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored...
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whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech issue. where do they stand on free speech. >> there is a divide and has been ever since sandra day owe o'connor left, and replaced that's how they came down in cities eyecitizens united and it looks that's how they'll come down in mccutcheons. >> michael: now we return to the campaign front where mark sanford is fine tuning his campaign message for the house seat. he's turning that pesky negative, the one about running off to argentina to visit your mistress while telling everyone you're taking, he's turning it into talking points. >> i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but o
whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech...
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speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because i seem to remember the speaker striking a different tone on the budget deal that produced the sequester. what was it he said again? >> you look this final agreement we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> that was it. let's get right to our panel. david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine, and karen finney is former dnc communications director. both are msnbc political analysts and i'm delighted to say karen has joined us here in new york. if i can start with you, david, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, told reuters that just the cuts scheduled for our intelligence services would be, in his words, the budgetary equivalent of emergency amputations. can you explain to our viewers, david, why republicans are so happily trumpeting the idea that we should take these cuts on the chin when they could provoke a national
speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because i seem to remember the speaker striking a different tone on the budget deal that produced the sequester. what was it he said again? >> you look this final agreement we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> that was it. let's get right to our panel....
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boehner would come to the table and get things done. that's not going to happen. but my point is, just try it. >> this is our third consecutive two-term president. they have all known this generational ticking time bomb of the social security and medicare out there. bush loft public support because of the iraq war and katrina. this president, republican, democrat, doesn't matter. they owe it to the country to deal with something that's been kicked and kicked and kicked and the longer you kick it, the bigger the problem and the harder it is to get fixed. >> they should do come premen sif immigration reform and comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive entitlement, deal with social security, medicare, medicaid, deal with taxes, get rid of those loopholes, those e deductions and then they could work on a grand scheme. >> the closure of the loopholes now when -- >> republicans are never going to agree to that. >> they disagree. i know it sounds absurd politically but the white house is convinced, the president is convinced that they will give
boehner would come to the table and get things done. that's not going to happen. but my point is, just try it. >> this is our third consecutive two-term president. they have all known this generational ticking time bomb of the social security and medicare out there. bush loft public support because of the iraq war and katrina. this president, republican, democrat, doesn't matter. they owe it to the country to deal with something that's been kicked and kicked and kicked and the longer you...
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john boehner and mitch mcconnell wouldn't even take the president's phone call on election night. so in that political context, it's very difficult for the public to see why they should trust republicans who don't want a compromise when the president says he does want a compromise. >> michael, what are people saying to you when they're calling into the radio show to ask you what's going on? i guess is the best way to put it, in washington? >> well, it's a complicated issue. what i hear from most people on the right, they see this entirely as a spending situation, they've been told and buy into the narrative that washington needs to tighten its belt and that the republicans leadership is standing up for cuts that are necessary and they don't want to hear about tax increases. i'm not telling you that's the consensus. but there is an argument out there and that's the argument that's being made. >> and, lois, that points again to this gaping hole, if you will, the ideological hole between the gop and the president. i mean, this is not just something that's been revealed to us. this is
john boehner and mitch mcconnell wouldn't even take the president's phone call on election night. so in that political context, it's very difficult for the public to see why they should trust republicans who don't want a compromise when the president says he does want a compromise. >> michael, what are people saying to you when they're calling into the radio show to ask you what's going on? i guess is the best way to put it, in washington? >> well, it's a complicated issue. what i...
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boehner. let's start with hillary clinton. politico reports she has this, you know, agent she is going to start getting out there. in a way, it kind of takes her out of the political fray of washington. a good move if she is trying to set herself up for 2016 and keep herself in a controlled way? >> absolutely keeping her out there but it goes to an interesting point. women do still need to work to constantly keep themselves relevant if they want to set themselves up for their next move. secretary clinton come off an unbelievable four years. i think if you count up all of the time she spent traveling it's over 86 days or something like that. 1,700 meetings across the world. she has had an unbelievably four years and needs to keep herself relevant and this is a great way to do it. >> in addition to speaking, hillary clinton is also saying that she plans to write another memoir. this will focus on her time as secretary of state. as i'm sure you know she had the other memoir before running in 2008
boehner. let's start with hillary clinton. politico reports she has this, you know, agent she is going to start getting out there. in a way, it kind of takes her out of the political fray of washington. a good move if she is trying to set herself up for 2016 and keep herself in a controlled way? >> absolutely keeping her out there but it goes to an interesting point. women do still need to work to constantly keep themselves relevant if they want to set themselves up for their next move....
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you have john boehner on tape saying i got 98% of what i wanted. >> stephanie: that's right. bragging about it. >> caller: that leaves obama 2% at fault. so somebody can't do their math. >> we're not letting them get away with that. >> caller: you got to hammer that tape. >> stephanie: get on that. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the president talking about the rich paying their fair share. facebook will get a refund this year. it made $1.1 billion in profits, and they will be receiving a federal tax refund. one of our most successful companies not paying a dime in taxes, gawker writes yes please, let's cut medicare. that's the thing that is broken. now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> well, one of my n
you have john boehner on tape saying i got 98% of what i wanted. >> stephanie: that's right. bragging about it. >> caller: that leaves obama 2% at fault. so somebody can't do their math. >> we're not letting them get away with that. >> caller: you got to hammer that tape. >> stephanie: get on that. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the president talking about the rich paying their fair share. facebook will get a refund this year. it...
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. >> he played with john boehner. when he's played with high-ranking officials or ex-officials, there has been pool access. i guess there was some concern about tiger woods. i've also detected evidence that a lot of the staff didn't realize tiger was coming down to play a round with the president and the whole thing was happenstance. there wasn't any time to make plans for pool coverage. >> bill: just -- listen, i'm with you right. i'm with our association. i talked to a couple of our colleagues down there over the weekend who said you know, they just -- they have taken to the floridian caught and golf club and they were put inside of a bus, sitting inside of the gate and that's where they stayed all day long. playing devil's advocate, if you know where the president is and what he's doing why does there have to be a photograph of him? or why do the press have to see him actually? what's the argument? >> we feel like we're doing our jobs, i guess. interesting to see him. i think the real problem was the tiger woods in
. >> he played with john boehner. when he's played with high-ranking officials or ex-officials, there has been pool access. i guess there was some concern about tiger woods. i've also detected evidence that a lot of the staff didn't realize tiger was coming down to play a round with the president and the whole thing was happenstance. there wasn't any time to make plans for pool coverage. >> bill: just -- listen, i'm with you right. i'm with our association. i talked to a couple of...
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. >> reporter: and the president was eager to show quality time between john boehner and president clinton. >> this is not a trivial issue like a golf game. we don't care about his score, what we care about is access to the president of the united states, whether democrat or republican. >> that was angela mitchell reporting. >> i will do this, you will do this. >> we will talk to chief house correspondent chuck todd, plus, we will take a pause at taking shots for him at his magazine's kate upton and rihanna obsession. they're always obsessed. today, "gq" deputy editor michael hanie brings us the real life story of his father's mysterious death and his own life journey. the topic of his own fas fating book. first, we turn to bill karins. >> thank you, mika. our next story is in the next two to three days and possibly impact the east coast by sunday. on the west coast, san francisco and l.a. will get rain. this is the snowfall map. the white is snow and the pink is more snow. it's possible new england especially southern new england could see its third snowstorm three weekends in a row. we h
. >> reporter: and the president was eager to show quality time between john boehner and president clinton. >> this is not a trivial issue like a golf game. we don't care about his score, what we care about is access to the president of the united states, whether democrat or republican. >> that was angela mitchell reporting. >> i will do this, you will do this. >> we will talk to chief house correspondent chuck todd, plus, we will take a pause at taking shots for...
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house speaker john boehner continues to say spending? what's the big problem? it's amazing john boehner can identify any problems considering how little the guy works. count 'em. 19 days. that's how many days the house has been in session since the start of 2013. let's see. six weeks, 19 days. pretty good deal, isn't it? do the math. these house members are only showing up for work 59% of the time. i bet you could get away with that. meanwhile, the people who will get hurt by these cuts are the ones who are working hard, five or six times or seven days a week. now look, folks. this election was about what? the middle class. that's all president obama talked about on the campaign trail was the middle class. and the middle class and the poor are the first ones who will take a hit as long as republicans keep denying reality. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will republicans hurt average americans just to spite the president? text "a" for yes. text b for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll br
house speaker john boehner continues to say spending? what's the big problem? it's amazing john boehner can identify any problems considering how little the guy works. count 'em. 19 days. that's how many days the house has been in session since the start of 2013. let's see. six weeks, 19 days. pretty good deal, isn't it? do the math. these house members are only showing up for work 59% of the time. i bet you could get away with that. meanwhile, the people who will get hurt by these cuts are the...
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john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway boehner at all. we've seen the stalemate because of that, and cantor and rooen are going to keep boehner on the right. >> people outside the process are saying this is the dumbest way to do business, to have a meat ax approach and have across the board cuts. yes, it does achieve some budget savings, but does it not in any kind of intelligent way of planning. >> which is why if you talk to the people on capitol hill, the people who are making these decisions, they say that down the road if there are huge economic damages -- i mean, we don't really know what's going to happen to the economy if the seque
john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway...
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it was an undemocratic system the way john boehner played this. >> it's all the republicans fault. jon: he was talking about texas senator ted cruz. what do you think about that. >> why is it not okay to have chris matthews, but it is okay to have carlie fiorina. if you have one you have the other isn't that fair & balanced? >> the problem with what matthews said there is he compared senator cruz to the late senator joe mccarthy. he accused his associates of being members of the secret police and spies and so on. i don't think cruz is accusing anyone of being on the payroll of the iranian government. there is a huge difference. if chris matthews can't see that he needs to -- >> the point is if you're going to make accusations have the facts to back it up don't say i have the list, or i have -- say exactly what the back up is for the accusations you're making. >> i agree with you alan. jon: media coverage of something rand paul had to say over the weekend, we'll be back with our panel on that. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart
it was an undemocratic system the way john boehner played this. >> it's all the republicans fault. jon: he was talking about texas senator ted cruz. what do you think about that. >> why is it not okay to have chris matthews, but it is okay to have carlie fiorina. if you have one you have the other isn't that fair & balanced? >> the problem with what matthews said there is he compared senator cruz to the late senator joe mccarthy. he accused his associates of being members...
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>> i think john boehner wants a bill that does good. call me silly and altruistic, but john boehner -- >> does that include a pathway to citizenship? >> yes, it could. it depends -- it's amazing how language really matters in these bills and what is really said. starting off the way the president did with this leak doesn't help. connie is a classic. he loves the theater of politics, and you're right. this is a good way to move a bill. come out farther to the left. make the room on the right. but in this case, start with that trust. i said it jokingly, but the president should be out there playing golf with marco rubio and having a conversation and show the intent. >> if it's not resolved by 2016, what are the implications that have? >> i would say this, it needs to be resolved. and not, yes, it needs to be resolved because of politics, but it needs to be resolved because we have some important issues around immigration. we need to secure our borders north and south, and we have to do something about the people who are here illegally. it
>> i think john boehner wants a bill that does good. call me silly and altruistic, but john boehner -- >> does that include a pathway to citizenship? >> yes, it could. it depends -- it's amazing how language really matters in these bills and what is really said. starting off the way the president did with this leak doesn't help. connie is a classic. he loves the theater of politics, and you're right. this is a good way to move a bill. come out farther to the left. make the...